Nice period photos of A-2's

[Kermit3D]

 

[Kermit3D]

 

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[Chandler]

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This one should go in the Quiz thread. @B-Man2

 

[B-Man2]

This one should go in the Quiz thread. @B-Man2

It should … it’s a tough call when you can’t see the collar , pockets or zipper but there are some amazing guys here that can just look at that photo and tell you “ It a ——- “ sadly I’m not one of them

 

[Chandler]

It should … it’s a tough call when you can’t see the collar , pockets or zipper but there are some amazing guys here that can just look at that photo and tell you “ It a ——- “ sadly I’m not one of them

The very trim fit is what made me look twice. "Hey sarge, I wanna wear this under my B-3, can you size me down?"

You can sort'a see the pocket flaps, and there's no collar stand -- but, yeah, like to see the collar snaps.

 

[B-Man2]

The very trim fit is what made me look twice. "Hey sarge, I wanna wear this under my B-3, can you size me down?"

You can sort'a see the pocket flaps, and there's no collar stand -- but, yeah, like to see the collar snaps.

Hell ….. if I didn’t have the ELC A2 book .. I wouldn’t be able to tell an A2 from a B-3

 

[ausreenactor]

No words needed.....

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Have the Monarch taking on these qualities more and more every day...

 

[269sqnhudson]

Is the Colonel wearing an AN-J-3? The wind flap is inside the zip.

 

[Nickb123]

Good eye. Appears to be so.

 

[B-Man2]

Is the Colonel wearing an AN-J-3? The wind flap is inside the zip.

Don’t see any back vents or the edge of a half belted style back . Hard to tell .

 

[Chandler]

Has epaulettes -- can't recall if there were any ANs with epps.

Also, would an AN wind-flap be that tall?

Maybe a private purchase?

 

[Grant]

Back to period photos; Cool Tuskegee Airmen rocking assorted jackets and even a mechanics sweater taken March 1945. A-2 looks like a Dubow and check out the guy on the right wearing his A-2 under a B-10!

 

[Dany McDonald]

Grant, have you also noticed how pale the shade of that B-10 is compared with the gabardine of the guy standing next to him? The other B-10 looks more dark like the more common greenish shade we see on color originals.

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[Grant]

Yeah, here's another cool photo of B-10's, even a B-10/A-10 combo. Photo taken in Italy, March '44.

 

[Dany McDonald]

Thank you for sharing, I enjoy seeing Tuskegee images....

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

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Here's that perfect fitting A2 as had been emphasised by Burt - achieved by wearing a t-shirt, woolen shirt and a wool sweater underneath!! Fantastic

 

[Kermit3D]

 

[bfd70]

Captain Mahlon W. Mattison - 784th BS Squadron Bombardier (Left)
The other officer (right) is brother Bradford Mattison, 9th AF
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In this picture it is apparent that something is being carried in the left pocket. It’s interesting to me that through all contracts the pockets are so narrow (or whatever the correct term is for front to back, not shallow...) that very little can be fit into them. Currently they hold an iphone. Is there anything that was carried frequently in them historically?

 

[Maverickson]

In this picture it is apparent that something is being carried in the left pocket. It’s interesting to me that through all contracts the pockets are so narrow (or whatever the correct term is for front to back, not shallow...) that very little can be fit into them. Currently they hold an iphone. Is there anything that was carried frequently in them historically?

See below for what was carried in my M-422 Switlik jacket's pocket. Those WW-2 era morphine syringe (unopened) packages fit perfectly into those pockets.

That same bulge in the right pocket is seen in the 1944 pic taken on Attu.

As seen with the packages removed. However, I left the pencil which was also present when I received this jacket. There is a permanent bulge in the jacket's left pocket.

Cheers, Dave